Improvement in shovel-plows



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISRAEL MOSHER, or MOSHERVILLE, AND W LD'EN EDDY, or UNION VILLAGE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN Sl-lOVEL-PLOWS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent- No. 38.056, dated March 31, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISRAEL MOSHER, of Mosherville, county of Saratoga, and State of New York, and VVALDEN EDDY, of Union V'llage, "county of Washington, and State aforesaid, havejointly invented new and useful Improvements in Shovel-Flows; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the construction and operation thereof, reference being hereby had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which make a part of this specification.

Like letters represent and refer to like or corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a side view of the plow. Fig. 2

is a view of the same, looking down from the top. Fig. 3 is a view of the same from the rear.

The nature of ourimprovements consists in the employment and combination of a rightangle triangle, of castiron or other material, with the standard of a plow, to which the moldboard is firmly attached,'so that the depth for the plow to run in the soil shall be regulated thereby, and a firm and steady motion given to the same.

It also consists in providing the two outward-extending wings of the mold-board with a curved piece or continuation of the same, so that a more perfectdistribution of the soil shall take place when the plow is in operation, and the same when worn out and unfit for use may be easily replaced with new ones without the expense of a new mold-board. I

It also consists in providing the said rightangle triangle underneath the standard, moldboard, and share with 'a shoe so constructed with dovetails as to be easily removed therefrom for the purpose of repairs or replacing the same with a new one, and at the sametime firmly secured thereto and not liable to be separated therefrom when in use.

To enable others skilled in the art to which our invention relates tomake and use the same, we will here proceed to describe the construction and operation of the same, which is as follows, to wit:

a represents a beam of cast or wrought iron curved in the usual manner, so as to form the standard a. To this standard is firmly secured the mold-board b b by means of the bolts and nuts 9 g, Fig. 1, which pass through the upper part of the rightangle triangle d, Figs. 1 and 3, thus and thereby securing the said mold-board and said right-angle triangle to the said standard of the said beam at. c is the share, firmly secured to the mold-board b b by means of the bolts and screws 9 9; To each wing of the said mold-board we attach curved extensions i i, which distribute the soil more correctly, throwing the same among the corn, potatoes, or other bills, and around the same, thus and thereby forming more perfect hills, which require no hilling by the use of the hoe. The extensions are secured to the respective wings of the said mold-board by means of the bolt and nuts n a, Figs. 2 and 3, and may be replaced by new ones when worn out. The said rightangle triangle 0?, Fig. 1, is so constructed on the lower part as to receive the shoe 6 by dovetail groove therein, so constructed as to continually tighten thereon when in use, and which can easily be taken therefrom for the purpose of repairs or for the replacing of the same by a new one by driving it forward, which immediately loosens it.

ff are the handles used by the operator.

h is a cross-piece of iron castwith and upon the said standard a, to which the said handles are connected.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pa'tcut, is-

1. The combination of the right-angle triangle d, or itsequivalent, with thebeam-standard a, having thereto attached the mold-board b b, substantially as herein described and set forth.

2. The curved extension-pieces it, in combination with the wings of the mold-board b b, substantially as and for the purposes herein described and set forth.

3. The employment and combination of the shoe 0 with the right-angle triangle d, substantially as and for the purposes herein described and set forth.

In testimony whereof we have, 011 this, 5th day of August, 1862, hereunto set our hands.

ISRAEL MOSHER.

WALDEN EDDY.

Witnesses:

O. R. INGALLS, MARCUS P. NORTON. 

